You must have either administrator privileges or manage your own system to install and configure Purveyor.

Use this book as a guide when you configure the server’s basic and advanced features or work with Purveyor’s external applications. If you design or develop applications that run on the system or network, you can also find this book useful. This book is also a valuable resource when you want to find specific information about the server.

What This Guide Contains

This guide begins with an introduction to the Purveyor Encrypt WebServer, then provides basic information about the World Wide Web, its software, tools, and using the Web. It then describes how to install, configure, and use the Purveyor Encrypt WebServer for OpenVMS.

The information is divided into an introductory section, and parts I, II, and III.

This section…	Contains this information…
Introduction	Overview of the Purveyor WebServer for OpenVMS
Part I — The World Wide Web Overview
	The World Wide Web Browsers and Servers Uniform Resource Locators HyperText Transfer Protocol Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions Home Pages
Part II — Web Server Specifics
	HTML Page Design and Creation Common Gateway Interface Clickable Images Forms Server-parsed HTML Realms Transaction Logging Web Proxy Servers Internet Security and Secure Servers
Part III — Purveyor Installation and Management
	Installing, Configuring, and Starting Your Server Remote Server Management Setting Up Home Pages Purveyor Management Tips Purveyor Security: Access Control Advanced Configuration
Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C	Transaction Log Codes Technical Support Obtaining a Signed Certificate
Glossary
Index

How to Use this Book

You can use this guide in several ways, depending on your familiarity with Web server administration and your plans for using Purveyor.

If you have only some experience with managing servers, it’s a good idea to start by reading the chapters in Part I that describe World Wide Web protocols and standards before you configure your server. These chapters also provide useful reference material for daily use of your server.

If you want to install and run Purveyor right away, you can skip to Part III for instructions on how to configure the basic server. This section provides all the information you need to install the server and to begin serving documents.

Part III also describes Purveyor’s powerful advanced features that let you create a multiserver environment on a single machine, manage the server from remote locations, and channel Internet requests from your local area network through the server.

Conventions

This book uses the following conventions:

Convention	Meaning
host	Any computer system on the network. The local host is the computer you are currently using. A remote host is any other computer on the network.
bold monospaced type	User input
regular monospaced type	System display - prompts, responses, etc. When this type is italicized, it represents a variable for your specific system information.
	Important information you need to know.
	A pointer to more information, either in a document or an online source. Most URLs specified are available on the default home page provided with Purveyor.

Associated Documents

More advanced information about the Purveyor WebServer is available in other documentation from Process Software.

The Purveyor WebServer Programmer’s Guide describes programming, scripts, and samples included with your Purveyor Encrypt WebServer.

About Links

All links were tested before this manual was published, but because the Web configuration constantly changes, some links might have changed and no longer work. If you find a link that no longer works, please tell us as described next.

Comments and Corrections

Your comments can help us improve our documentation. If there is information you find useful or would like more information about, if you find an error or have any other comments, we’d like to know. Please contact us by e-mail at techpubs@process.com.

Acknowledgments

This product includes software developed by Eric Young (eay@mincom.oz.au).

Some information in this document is derived for the SSL Protocol Version 2 specification written by K.E.B. Hickman.

The encryption features of Purveyor uses authentication technology developed by RSA Data Security, Inc.